# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/isao-harimoto
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:25:33.364Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/isao-harimoto"
name: "Isao Harimoto"
slug: "isao-harimoto"
description: "Isao Harimoto  is a Korean-Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball player. Over his 23-season playing career in Nippon Professional Baseball, Harimoto played for the Toei Flyers/Nittaku Home Flyers/Nippon-Ham Fighters, the Yomiuri Giants and the Lotte Orions. He is the holder of the record for most hits in the Japanese professional leagues. An ethnic Korean, his birth name is Jang Hun. Harimoto has spent his life as a resident of Japan and adopted a Japanese name, but remained a Korean citizen, thus making him a Zainichi Korean for many years."
tagline: "South Korean-Japanese former professional baseball player, baseball critic, baseball commentator (1940-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%BC%B5%E6%9C%AC%E5%8B%B2_202405281751_DSCN6781.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1940-06-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.411686666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1169028/"
    handle:    "nm1169028"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%B5%E6%9C%AC%E5%8B%B3"
    title: "張本勳"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "ايساو هاريموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Harimoto"
    title: "Isao Harimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%B5%E6%9C%AC%E5%8B%B2"
    title: "張本勲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%A5%ED%9B%88"
    title: "장훈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Harimoto"
    title: "Isao Harimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Harimoto"
    title: "Isao Harimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%2C_%D0%98%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BE"
    title: "Харимото, Исао"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q482958"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2143127"
    title: "Isao Harimoto"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump